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I think he's talking about rounders, not cricket.

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>At the risk of contributing to a thread hijack, did baseball in fact "devolve" or evolve from cricket or was it conceived more or less on its own?

What fisherman cares where his bait comes from, as long as it gets a bite?


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Was there something fishy about baseball, then? I allus thought so! Rounders with hotdogs.


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the whole of baseball fandom may be divided into two parts

But: what percentage of left handed fans don't care about statistics in late innings with runners in scoring position and the home team fewer than three runs behind?


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"Aaargh, that's torn it! You mentioned the "B" word, now Juan will be all over this thread like a rash. "

Or like white on rice.


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Maybe he's just a cheap suit. The "scot" was a tax, wasn't it? So tax-free. The link's either broke or this proxy server's rejecting it. As it does so many, or threads with more than about 20 posts.


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Hi, and I'm chopped liver. Want some of that?


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Chopped liver=passing the mantle=Mickey Mantle! See? there's just no way outta this once ya get me started!


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but with many views...

I wonder about some of the statistics of the board: fewest replies/most views; highest percentage of views and replies, etc...


Don't I recall something called the Stales Index? Surely it hasn't been that long ago...


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